Culff, Edward Richard
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Edward Richard |
Surname | Culff |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 30-03-1943 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington X |
Serial Number | HE385 |
Markings | ZO- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Laren General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 2. Row A. Coll. grave 7- 11. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 151 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 125676 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 196 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Metal Sculpture Brick Pillars and Inscribed Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who flew from RAF Leconfield, including 640 Sqn |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1166/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1166/5 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 29-03-1943 |
End Date | 30-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Leconfield |
Day/Night Raid | Night (40% moon) |
Operation | Bochum. 149 Wellingtons and 8 Oboe Mosquitoes. 12 Wellingtons lost- 8.0%. New moon and cloudy conditions led to the use of sky-marking but the Mosquitoes were unable to keep to the marking schedule and as a result to raid was a failure |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed east of Barchem, Holland |